Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya: Recent submissions
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Technical change and the multinational corporation: some British multinationals in Kenya and India
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The identification and analysis of nutritional problems in rural areas: an approach for voluntary agencies
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-06)This paper proposes an approach to the analysis of rural development problems for voluntary development agencies based on four questions: 1. Is there really a problem? 2. What are the causes of the problem? 3. Why has ... -
Multi-purpose district development centres: the case of Baringo development training centre (BDTC)
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-04)The paper first discusses the general notion of multi-purpose training centres with the intention of putting B.D.T.C. in historical context. A brief survey of some of the developmental aspects of Baringo district is then ... -
A preliminary report on visitor use in Amboseli National Park
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-03)In Kenya, as in many other countries, tourism is beginning to have an adverse effect on national parks and reserves. Because of the ecological and economic importance of these areas, the interests of conservation and tourism ... -
Women in rural development: report of a discussion group
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-03)This paper was prepared as the report of a discussion group participating in the Conference on Assembling and Collecting Data on the Participation of Women in Kenyan Society, held at the Nairobi School on August 11 to 15, ... -
Dairy marketing and pricing in Kenya: are milk shortages the consequence of droughts or pricing policies?
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-03)In this paper, production, consumption, marketing and pricing of dairy products in Kenya are examined and discussed. It is argued that there are severe irrationalities in the pricing of dairy products and that these have ... -
Soya bean crop development in Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975)The paper describes the introduction of commercial Soya Bean growing in the Districts of Kisii, South Nyanza and Narok. Focus is put on agronomic and infrastructural problems and proposals are being made on further expansion ... -
Experimentation in rural development: Kenya's special rural development programme
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-03)The author, who was a major contributor to the Institute for Development Studies' Second Overall Evaluation of the Special Rural Development Programme (Occasional Paper No. 12, 1975), presents here some of his personal ... -
Development administration and decentralisation: some administrative and political considerations
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-01)The paper discusses the meaning of development administration suggesting that it is closer in meaning to political development than to traditional public administration. If then goes on to speculate on the adequacy of ... -
Agricultural administration in Kenya: a review
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975-12)The paper reviews some of the literature on agricultural administration in Kenya in the light of the reviewers’ own reference. Discussed in some detail, here is a recent work by Christopher Trapman, Change in Administrative ... -
Decentralization for integrated rural development: some lessons from Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975-12)Decentralization for rural development has become a movement of some kind. This paper attempts to assess the experience of Kenya in this field. In doing that the paper focuses on, (i) The District development Committees. ii) ... -
Some economic arithmetic of poverty: preliminary farm data from Bukura and Shitoli sub-locations of Kakamega District, Western Kenya.
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975-12)This paper reports initial findings on the structure of productive resources that are found on small farms in two sub-locations of Kakamega District, Kenya. The report is part of a larger and on-going study which aims at ... -
Appropriate technology innovation for rural industrialisation in LDCs
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975-11)Rural industrialisation using intermediate or appropriate technologies is probably the most valid to increasing employment and living standards in LDCs. This involves the design of technologies to suit the very low economic ... -
An analysis of ICDC small industrial loan commitments, 1961-1975
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1976-02)This study concerns loan commitments by the I.C.D.C, to small industrial projects in the period 1961-1975. It analyses the distribution of these loans by region, by product and over time. Other features of these loans are ... -
Technical change and some British multinationals in Kenya: some global considerations
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975-11)IDS Working Paper No. 228 examined the behaviour of the subsidiaries of seven British Multinationals in Kenya with regard to their generation and acquisition of new technology. This Working Paper is complementary to the ... -
Public service facilities: optimal production and factor utilisation
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975-11)Optimality conditions are derived for organizations operating under socialistic principles. The analysis includes the possibilities of advertising, joint factors of production, and demand interdependence for the spectrum ... -
Educational enrollment: optimal pricing policy
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975-10)Optimal registration fees for students of diverse income classes are considered. A numerical example suggests that the efficiency of the University of Nairobi, as measured by enrolment of qualified students, may be ... -
Marketing of food crops and purchase of industrial commodities by Nyanza smallholders, 1970-1971
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975-09)We consider the allocation problem of a rural household whose income is available in the form of q+r inventories of farm produce and an amount of cash income from non-farm activity. The inventories available may be sold ... -
The methodology of economic history
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975-10)This discussion of the methodology of economic history sets out to justify the presentation of rigorous economic models to test historical hypotheses. It argues for the legitimacy of attempting both directional and ... -
The role of competitive forces in the determination of wage increases in less developed economies: the case of Kenya
(Institute for Development Studies, University of Nairobi, 1975-11)The theoretical literature concerned with rural-urban migration in LDCs has almost always assumed that the real wage differential between these sectors is fixed by the institutionally determined modern sector urban money ...